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A2 THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2019 IN BRIEF States reopen Columbia River to recreational coho and sturgeon fi shing Recreational fi shermen will be able to catch white sturgeon and coho salmon on the Columbia River mul- tiple days in October. Sturgeon fi shing can take place on Saturday and Thursday between the Wauna power lines upstream to the fi shing deadlines at Bonneville Dam. People can also fi sh hatchery coho salmon through Oct. 31. from the Tongue Point/Rocky Point line upstream to The Dalles Dam. The bag limit is one legal-sized white sturgeon for the day and up to two for the year. For coho salmon, the daily adult bag limit is two. A legal-sized sturgeon is defi ned as measuring 44 to 50 inches from the tip of the nose to the fork in the tail fi n with the fi sh laying on its side on a fl at surface and the ruler positioned fl at under the fi sh. Suspicious package causes alarm in Seaside SEASIDE — A suspicious package scare Thursday afternoon closed Broadway between Roosevelt and Wah- anna in Seaside for more than two hours. Offi cials said an individual came to Seaside Fire and Rescue with what they believed was an explosive device. The device, wrapped in blanket, was placed in front of the fi re house. Technicians from the Oregon State Police Explosive Unit examined the objects and determined they were commercial fuses. Parent-teacher conferences planned for nearby Broad- way Middle School were canceled. “The initial report was that someone believed this to (be) an explosive device,” Police Chief Dave Ham said. “The exposed portions gave us no reason not to take nec- essary precaution and keep the public, our fi refi ghters and police offi cers safe.” — The Astorian Civil rights groups seek to bar ICE from courthouse arrests SALEM — Attorneys for groups working on behalf of immigrants are asking Oregon’s judicial branch to prohibit civil immigration arrests in and around county courthouses without a judicial warrant. Offi cers with U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforce- ment have been detaining people who appear for court proceedings and are in the United States illegally. The ACLU of Oregon, Innovation Law Lab and the Portland law fi rm Stoll Berne planned to ask Oregon’s Uniform Trial Court Rules Committee on Friday to adopt a rule prohibiting such without a judicial warrant. ICE spokeswoman Tanya Roman said the idea that a state law can bind the hands of a federal law enforcement agency is wrong. She said federal law pro- vides ICE offi cers the authority to arrest people who are in the country illegally without a judicial warrant. Small quake strikes off Oregon Coast A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southern Oregon. The Oregonian reported it happened shortly before 2 p.m. Thursday. The U.S. Geological Survey mapped the earthquake about 96 miles off the coast of Port Orford, a small town in Curry County about 25 miles south of Coos Bay. The quake was about 6 miles deep. On Thursday morning, schools around the state, including many on the coast, had ducked under their desks for the Great Oregon ShakeOut, an annual state- wide earthquake drill. — Associated Press DEATH Knappa woman sentenced for arson and attempted murder By NICOLE BALES The Astorian A Knappa woman was found guilty except for insanity on Thursday on charges of attempted murder and guilty of arson. Mona Lisa Heilmann, 57, pleaded no contest to two counts of attempted murder in the fi rst degree and one count of arson in the fi rst degree. She was sentenced to up to 20 years in the supervi- sion of the Oregon Psychi- atric Security Review Board for the attempted and two adult chil- murder charges and dren were sleeping seven years in prison inside. for arson. Her husband If she is released woke up to the noise from the Oregon and called 911. He Psychiatric Security was able to extin- Mona Lisa Review Board before guish the fi re before Heilmann seven years, she will emergency person- fi nish her arson sen- nel arrived. tence in prison. Heilmann’s family was Last July, Heilmann was in Circuit Court during the living with her sister in Chi- sentencing. nook, Washington, when she Afterward , Heilmann’s drove to her family’s home sister, Lori Wirkkala, said in Knappa in the middle of Heilmann has long suffered the night and set the house from mental illness. on fi re while her husband She said there were lit- Study says climate States, tribes call for change threatens Superfund listing at 389 bird species Bradford Island By MONICA SAMAYOA Oregon Public Broadcasting A national study says two-thirds of North Amer- ican birds are at risk of extinction due to climate change. The National Audu- bon Society released a new report showing 389 out of 604 birds are at risk if greenhouse gas emissions are not lowered by 45% by 2030. According to the study, across the state of Oregon, without substantial climate change mitigation, aver- age temperatures during the warmest months are expected to increase approximately 11 degrees Fahrenheit, affecting 136 bird species by the end of the century. The most vulnerable species threatened by cli- mate change include the rufous hummingbird, var- ied thrush, ruby-crowned kinglet, mountain blue- bird, Vaux swift, greater sage grouse and pygmy owl. “A lot of these species have a high probability of disappearing in the life- times of our children and our grandchildren. So it’s not just rare and imperiled species like the spotted owl and the marbled murrelet, By CASSANDRA PROFITA Oregon Public Broadcasting Associated Press The greater sage grouse. we’re talking about species that we take for common,” said Bob Sallinger, conser- vation director for Portland Audubon. In addition to changes in climate across North America, the study assessed the potential impacts of other fore- casted threats related to climate change, including sea-level rise, land use and extreme weather events. “We have massive, massive amounts of data to look at — looking at dif- ferent models and in the end they’re all telling us the same thing, which is birds are very imperiled. Huge numbers of species are at risk of extinction,” Salinger said. “It’s time to take action, we’re overdue. The time is now.” If greenhouse gas emis- sions are lowered by the end of the century, the number of vulnerable spe- cies falls to 92. The Yakama Nation and the states of Oregon and Washington are asking the U.S. Environmental Pro- tection Agency to declare a new Superfund site on the Columbia River at Bradford Island alongside Bonneville Dam. The federal govern- ment used Bradford Island as a dump site for decades. It hosted a landfi ll as well as discarded hydroelectric equipment containing the toxic pollutant polychlori- nated biphenyl, or PCB. Now the site is so con- taminated with pollutants that many of the fi sh liv- ing in the area are too toxic to eat. Fish advisories warn people not to eat the fi sh because of health risks, but the area is still used for tribal and recreational fi shing. Tribal leaders say cleanup plans have been delayed because the Trump administration decided to cut the funding. “A delay in the cleanup of the Bradford Island site is unacceptable,” Yakama Nation Fisheries Superfund Section Manager Rose Lon- goria said. “Current site conditions pose a serious Protest against a pipeline By MONICA SAMAYOA Oregon Public Broadcasting BIRTHS Oct. 8, 2019 HALVERSON, Amanda, and DeLOE, Scott, of Nehalem, a boy, Cooper Scott DeLoe, born at Colum- bia Memorial Hospital in Astoria. Grandparents are Bruce and Dawn Halverson, of Nehalem, and Charlie and Sandy DeLoe, of Bay City. PUBLIC MEETINGS of Directors, 5:15 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside. Astoria Planning Commis- sion, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Monica Samayoa/Oregon Public Broadcasting Environmental activists from Portland Rising Tide built a tripod in the middle of a rail line to block access to Terminal 5 at the Port of Vancouver on Thursday. Established July 1, 1873 (USPS 035-000) Published Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by EO Media Group, 949 Exchange St., PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103 Telephone 503-325-3211, 800-781-3211 or Fax 503-325-6573. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Astorian, PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103-0210 DailyAstorian.com Circulation phone number: 503-325-3211 Periodicals postage paid at Astoria, OR ADVERTISING OWNERSHIP All advertising copy and illustrations prepared by The Astorian become the property of The Astorian and may not be reproduced for any use without explicit prior approval. 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They’re higher than the Portland Harbor Superfund cleanup area.” In a letter sent to Oregon and Washington earlier this month, Goldberg’s group and eight others urged the states to seek Super- fund status for Bradford Island in response to years of stalled and ineffective cleanup efforts by the fed- eral government. An EPA spokesman said the agency is considering the request. Under the agen- cy’s Superfund process, a determination on the site’s priority status would likely be made by 2021 after a rulemaking process that would include public input. Activists block rail line at Port of Vancouver Oct. 16, 2019 SKIPPER, Violet F., 95, of Astoria, died in Asto- ria. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. MONDAY Astoria City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. TUESDAY Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District Board tle to no resources to help her sister. Wirkkala said she is committed to fi nding and working with local groups to create more mental health resources in the community. In court , Heilmann tear- fully thanked her husband for taking care of their children . “Mrs. Heilmann, I’m so sorry that you’re here,” Judge Cindee Matyas said. “There’s been so much suffering. You do have such a strong and supportive fam- ily. I hope that will continue to give you the strength and support you need.” Sponsored by Bayshore Animal Hospital CLATSOP COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER 1315 SE 19th St., Warrenton • 861- PETS www.dogsncats.org Noon to 4pm, Tues-Sat VANCOUVER, Wash. — More than a dozen envi- ronmental activists blocked a rail line at the Port of Vancou- ver on Thursday, as they were trying to stop the transporta- tion of pipes that would be used for the construction of a Canadian oil pipeline. The group, Portland Ris- ing Tide, is calling on gov- ernment leaders to terminate the construction of Cana- da’s Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project. The pipeline carries crude and refi ned oil from Alberta to the coast of British Columbia. If the expansion is com- pleted, it will triple the pipe- line’s capacity to nearly 3 million gallons a day and add more than 600 miles of new pipeline. “There is a lot of aware- ness and knowledge now about the climate crisis that we’re facing,” Kelsey Baker, an organizer with Portland Rising Tide, said. “Extract- ing more tar sands and dirty energy from the ground and burning it is not the answer or the solution.” Baker said the proposed pipeline route would also go through i ndigenous peoples’ land. “We’ve seen a lot of pub- lic support, I think especially in the Pacifi c Northwest and along the West Coast. Folks are on the same page about not building any more fossil fuel, dirty energy projects,” Baker said. Activist Nick Haas said he wants Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to act now and switch to 100% renewable energy, including solar and wind. “He ran for president under the guise of being very climate friendly, that was his entire platform, he needs to act like it,” Haas said. Inslee’s offi ce did not respond for a request for comment. Port of Vancouver director of communications Heather Stebbings said her organi- zation was aware of the pro- testers and was closely mon- itoring the situation. No operations or shipments were affected by the protests. facebook.com/CoastWeekend WANTED Alder and Maple Saw Logs & Standing Timber Northwest Hardwoods • Longview, WA Contact: John Anderson • 360-269-2500